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Cancer Risks That People can Control. By: Ross Wesely Travis Arnet David Detweiler. Smoking (tobacco). Pretty much everyone that smokes knows the consequences of their actions. 80 percent of the people with lung cancer are smokers.
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Cancer Risks That People can Control By: Ross Wesely Travis Arnet David Detweiler
Smoking (tobacco) • Pretty much everyone that smokes knows the consequences of their actions. • 80 percent of the people with lung cancer are smokers. • If there is anywhere on the earth with increased smoking there is an increased number of lung cancer. • Every one out of three people that die from cancer from the use of tobacco. • There are more cancers other than lung cancer that are created from smoking. Like cancer in your voice box, mouth, esophagus, urinary bladder, kidneys, and the pancreas. • Lots of these cancers came from tobacco.
Radiation • Most cases of skin cancer are cause by the sun’s UV rays. Tanning beds make it a lot easier to get skin cancer. • Sunscreen filters the harmful rays and lowers cancer risks. • Human-made radiation comes from medical and dental x rays and from above-ground nuclear weapons testing any where on earth. • Radon can be a risk of cancer for people whose homes are built over ground where radon is escaping.
Diet, Alcohol, and Physical Activity • Alcohol lowers the body’s defenses against cancer when large amounts are consumed. • Alcoholic beverages also contain toxins that may initiate cancer of the liver, esophagus, mouth, throat, rectum, lungs, and breast. • People who drink alcohol on a regular basis increase their risk of some kinds of cancer. • High meat intakes, high fat intakes, low fruit and vegetable intakes, and low grain intakes are the four factors (dietary) which strongly link to risks of cancer. • People that are physically active reduce there risk of cancer, especially colon cancer. • Those who don’t work out regularly have a better chance of cancers of this type. • Physical activity helps to strengthen the muscles used to move the bowels and signals the intestines to move there contents along.
Vocabulary • Melanin- the protective skin pigment responsible for the tan, brown, or black color of human skin; produced in abundance upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation • Suntan lotion- lotion that may or may not have any sunscreen protection • Sunscreen- a partial block against the cancer-causing rays of the sun • Sun block- a total block of cancer-causing rays of the sun. Sun block has SPF (sun protective factor of 50 or greater. An example of sun block is Zinc oxide • Radon- a gas that arises from the earth where radioactive materials are present